The Apache pocket pistol - What a cool little gadget

Notoriouslyconservative.com ^ | 04 22 09 | James R. Rummel

[Notoriously Conservative]

The Apache pocket pistol has an almost mythical reputation amongst those of us who are interested in antique firearms. This is almost certainly due to the fact that the weapon looks really cool.

(Click on the pics for a slightly larger image.)

(Much more on site)

[al_c]

Multipurpose weapon there. Brass knuckles, gun, knife. Does it come with a bottle opener?

[Notoriously Conservative]

It slices, dices, bruises, and inflicts gaping wounds. Get yours today for just 4 easy payments of $23.76!

[Eagle Eye]

Enough to make TSA agents foul their trousers on the spot!

[alexander_busek]

With all due respect to antique firearms: This one looks like something that only a "New Orleans pimp would carry." (With apologies to General Patton)

Regards,

[smokingfrog]

It's much smaller than I thought it would be, and the ammo doesn't sound too safe.
I'll keep my Gerber folder.

[Gator113]

Does it come in black so that it looks really scary to libs?

[McGruff]

Why does Switzerland need an army?

[Notoriously Conservative]

To defend against wild goats in the Alps.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.horstheld.com/0-blades.htm

BLADES AND BARRELS
six centuries of combination weapons
by H. GORDON FROST

This is the complete reference on the history of
combination weapons over the past six centuries.
The inside jacket reads “Blades and Barrels is the
first full scale study ever written about man's
attempt to combine an edged weapon with a firearm.
Tracing the development of combination weapons from
the hand cannon through the center fire ignition
systems, this book fills a long recognized gap in
firearms literature.”

The book covers knife pistols, cutlass pistols, mace
pistols, axe pistols and war hammer pistols.
In depth studies of companies such as Unwin & Rodgers,
Harrington & Richardson, Frank Wesson, Colt, Boden and
Dolne.
Contains 400 photographs from private and museum
collections, the author spent over 20 years researching
and compiling this information.
Copyright 1972.
The book is out of print, a very rare and important
reference.

***
Plus many hand gun with blades at the URL.

[Kartographer]

Cue The Wild Wild West theme song Please

[fso301]

The basic design would be pretty effective if it was of hefty enough size, but that simply wasn't the case. This thing is pretty small, measuring when all folded up a little more than 1.5 inches across (4 centimeters). You had better have little bitty fingers or else you won't be able to use the weapon as a knuckle duster.

Don't forget. At the time, the average height of an adult male was probably in the middle 5 foot range.

[wally_bert]

How about Newly from Gunsmoke? Wasn't he a gunsmith?

[gigster]

Are they African Goats or European Goats?

[grobdriver]

Reminds me of an ad I saw in a recent gun magazine.

Has a 1911 pictured with a - are you sitting down? - kbar knife mouned on it like a bayonet! BWAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Bang, bang, bang, squish!

[Travis T. OJustice]

Like htis? (Yeah, it's not an 1911)

[grobdriver]

Like htis? (Yeah, it's not an 1911)

Well, no.

In the picture I saw the red X was a little larger...

[Paine in the Neck]

[Eye of Unk]

Or like what a lot of AR15 noobs brag about, how much accessories they have on their cool black rifle.

[Still Thinking]

And cranky Germans. I love the (perhaps mythical) story about how the Germans were trying to intimidate the Swiss with the fact that their army alone was twice as big as the entire Swiss population. The Swiss said “Hmmm. Then we’ll have to shoot twice.”